Pi, as Wikipedia describes it is "a mathematical constant. Originally defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, it now has various equivalent definitions and appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics. It is approximately equal to 3.14159."
Here's a fun video about pi
Today, we took a a hundred-plus forks and plates and a big ol' apple pie (thanks, Costco) to a Pi Day celebration. It was impressive listening to some kids who had memorized Pi to the nth (like dozens and dozens) of decimal point number! It was also impressive looking at the dozens of pie plates, with pumpkin, key lime, apple, marionberry and more up for grabs thanks to donations. Super sweet!
UP AND AWAY: Great news from the Soyuz. Today a cosmonauts and two NASA astronauts successfully lifted off from Kazakhstan, destination International Space Station. And thanks to the speedy route that is the norm these days, they've already successfully docked with the ISS!
Two of the folk on board, NASA's Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, were on the mission just a couple of months ago that had a kind of hard fail and rough landing. So glad they were safe and got another shot.
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